Actor Michael Jace has been charged in the shooting deathof his wife, 40 year old April Jace, in Los Angeles, California. Michael Jace played an LA police officer on the TV Show, ‘The Shield.” As reported at TMZ, Michael called 911 around 8:30 PM and told police, “I shot my wife.” Michael and April Jace had been married for 9 years. It is also being reported that the couple’s 2 children, both under the age of 10, witnessed the shooting and killing of their mom. Michael Jace has been booked for murder following the fatal shooting of his wife.

Michael Jace, who played a Los Angeles cop in TV’s “The Shield,” has been charged in the fatal shooting of his wife, police said Tuesday.

April Jace, 40, was found shot to death in her south Los Angeles home by police called there to investigate a shooting, Los Angeles Police Detective Lyman Doster said.

Investigators detained Jace, 51, at the couple’s Hyde Park area home Monday night and booked the actor on a homicide charge early Tuesday, according to Doster.